Erratum: Correction to ruch et al., 2013, Adaptation and initial validation of the German version of the Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (German SLSS). (European Journal of Psychological Assessment (2013) 29 (105-112) DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000133));Adaptation and initial validation of the German version of the Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (German SLSS)

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 105-112

  Weber, Marco ^a   Ruch, Willibald ^a   Huebner, E Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; German SLSS version; Life satisfaction; Test adaptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877979080     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: 21512426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000176     Document Type: Erratum

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